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How to pronounce “refugee”

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Pronunciation guide for refugee

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of refugee with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Upwardly Globalis either a refugee, internally displaced, or seeking asylum.
Definition summary: (attributive, also figurative) A person seeking refuge (as for shelter or protection), especially in a foreign country, out of fear or prospect of political, religious persecution, war, natural disaster, etc. [from 1680s]

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Upwardly Global

is either a refugee, internally displaced, or seeking asylum.

[Noun]
(attributive, also figurative) A person seeking refuge (as for shelter or protection), especially in a foreign country, out of fear or prospect of political, religious persecution, war, natural disaster, etc. [from 1680s]
(derogatory, by extension) A person who is fleeing from justice, punishment deemed righteous, etc.; a runaway, a fugitive. [from 1750s]
[Verb]
(transitive, US, historical) To convey (slaves) away from the advance of the federal forces.

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